Ranunculus flammula var. flammula

Linnaeus
Synonyms: Ranunculus flammula var. angustifolius
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems erect to prostrate, 0.8-3 mm thick. Leaf-blades lanceolate to oblanceolate, 1.8-4.5 × 0.3-1 cm. Flowers: sepals 3-4 mm; petals 5-7 × 3-4 mm. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Sep).
Habitat: Shallow water or muddy shores of ponds
Elevation: 0-1000 m

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, B.C., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Calif., Idaho, Oreg., Wash., Eurasia

Discussion

L. D. Benson (1948) reported Ranunculus flammula var. flammula only from eastern Canada and referred all material from the Pacific Slope to Ranunculus flammula var. ovalis. Benson's treatment is not tenable, however, because some western collections are indistinguishable from the eastern plants.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not prolonged +
globose-lenticular +  and globose +
1-2 times as wide as thick +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br />) +
not ornamented +
1mm;1.4mm +
acute +  and filiform +
Alan T. Whittemore +
Linnaeus +
acute +  and filiform +
Ranunculus subg. Flammula +
curved +, straight +  and linear +
lanceolate +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
lanceolate;oblanceolate +
large +  and small +
globose;cylindric +
1-15(-40)-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, B.C. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.S. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Oreg. +, Wash. +  and Eurasia +
0-1000 m +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
sessile +  and aggregate +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Shallow water or muddy shores of ponds +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
hemispheric;globose +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and oblanceolate +
petiolate +, compound +  and simple +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +, all +  and basal +
parted +  and lobed +
palmate +  and pinnate +
serrulate +  and entire +
lobed;entire;toothed;entire +
distinct +
conspicuous +
linear +  and orbiculate +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Sep). +
4 +  and 250 +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
nodal +  and basal +
not arillate +  and stalked +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
deciduous +
distinct +
reflexed +  and spreading +
appressed-hispid +  and glabrous +
oblong +  and elliptic ovate or lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
(5-)10-many +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
erect +  and prostrate +
strigose +  and glabrous +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
persistent +
Ranunculus flammula var. angustifolius +
Ranunculus flammula var. flammula +
Ranunculus flammula +
variety +
perennial +  and annual +
pilose +  and glabrous +
herbaceous +  and woody +